Nowel shouldn't play ahead of Mahaney. Mahaney has had some decent games and he has played years at this level. Nowell is still getting his feet wet. Ross should be better. He is athletic and can do a bit of everything. It looks like he is going to have to figure it out himself.
Why? Mahaney has shown us next to nothing at the PG position. I rather see Nowell geting vauable minutes for next year. This year is shot. Even if we make the tourney we a first weekend team at best.
In the portal era, there’s no point developing anyone for next year. You play who gives you the best shot at winning.
Good point and funny thing about what you said - normally people on the boards would be kind of like "oh, so you know more than a coach who has 'X' wins and has won 'Y' NC's"? I said it's funny cuz the coaches clearly haven't figured it out yet, so our guesses seems as good as theirs LOL...
Hurley hasn't shown h wants to full portal so developing players is still key for him. Also, Nowell is top 50 recruit and has been injured most of the year and he is developing even if it is at a slower pace than people on the BY have seen. I don't see anything Mahaney will give us at PG. I rather keep Nowell as back up PG with Mahaney coing in to play the 2G when we need shooting. Hurley was quoted as saying that he was trying to fit a square peg in a round hole with Mahaney. Why keep going down that rabbit hole when it is clearly not working?
Good question - no one really knows, as something doesn’t smell right. He is a physically talented kid and got praise from Hurley saying he came in better than advertised.